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What’s the meaning of life?
The past year has been really tough for everyone around the world, and so it’s no surprise then the question I’ve been asking myself recently has been- What’s the purpose of all this? It’s usually in times of crises and stock taking that we slow down and ask the more important existential questions. Especially if you’ve…
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Individualism in the current socio-political context (Part I)
I wasn’t sure if I wanted to write this post given the political and social climate we find ourselves in now. The chances of being misunderstood or worse the accusation that I might be acting with malice are extremely high, but then if we aren’t going to talk about this now, when are we? For…
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What the class of 2020 can learn from this crisis
For many students graduating this year, this time seems unfair. From quite possibly heading into the hottest job market in decades just weeks before to now entering into a job market with the highest unemployment figures. The reversal has been steep. A Stanford research paper from last year explained how recession graduates earn less for at least…
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Diversity and Firm Performance: A Comprehensive Study!
Introduction Diversity for the longest part of human history has not only been a tricky issue to solve, but also one that’s been thorny. In ways, it’s been so tricky because of how thorny it is. So, the recent consensus around the benefits of diversity has been a breath of fresh air. The benefits of…
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A yield curve inversion almost always precipitates a recession. It just inverted, so what now?
So right off the bat, yes, the yield curve had inverted, but it was only momentarily, pre-market the morning of August 14th, so is this click bait? – Not necessarily. While the yield curve inversion does ring alarm bells, and you should definitely call help, don’t leave the house just yet. The yield curve has…
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Connecting with my spiritual self- My experience of attending a Vipassana course
Many people go through different journeys in life, but rarely do we get a chance to go on one that truly connects us with ourselves. Mind and body working in sync towards harmony. I recently had a chance to go on a similar journey myself, because like most people I felt the urge to connect…
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Transaction Costs (Part 3): Why sharing economy firms will struggle as they go public.
Well, it’s that time of the blogging cycle for me again! Transaction Costs part 1, 2, and now, 3, has been the longest running part series of this blog and is probably going to remain so for a long long time. I might almost be forgiven for writing so much on Transaction Costs because I…
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The search for asset valuation in the age of intangibles.
Gary Gorton an Economist who specializes in banking and asset prices said, “The history of safe assets is the history of money.” The ambiguity surrounding what a safe asset is and isn’t has rarely grown scarce in the last couple of decades. The importance of safe assets though can’t be understated. A safe asset is…
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Who Becomes an Inventor in America? The Importance of Exposure to Innovation.
This post is an attempt to explain and offer suggestions toward an impressive working paper by the Equality of Opportunity Project, which you can find here. In short, the paper goes on to explain the various factors behind inventors in America.
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The lost decade. India’s road to economic and social revival.
Expectations can be a source of great discomfort, they have the ability to fill you with both hope and hopelessness. When PM Modi rode into power in 2014, he came in with a bag of expectations. Now four years later we might disagree on what those individual expectations were, but if there’s one thing I…